Posted on 02/19/2006 3:10:53 AM PST by beaversmom
Wearing pink gloves, Cindy Sheehan held a picture of her soldier son Casey who was killed while serving in Iraq.
WBBM Newsradio 780's Nancy Harty reports the anti-war advocate shivered in the cold before a crowd gathered at Independence Park on Chicago's Northwest Side Saturday morning.
She says Congressional Democrats are just as bad as Republicans when it comes to inaction on the Iraq war and urged supporters of peace must hold their congressmen accountable.
Holding signs that said "the war isn't working," about one hundred opponents of the war loudly clapped their gloved hands, chanted and sang songs with pacifist lyrics.
Sheehan says voters should support candidates who advocate withdrawl of US troops from Iraq.
The group marched over to Congressman Rahm Emanuel's office to drop off a letter signed by Sheehan, asking him to support the immediate withdrawl of troops.
Sheehan and others were highly critical of the Chicago Democrat, saying his decision to vote for the war and lack of efforts to end it are a failure to serve his constituents.
The group says progressive democrats should support candidates who oppose the war.
Johnny Hap says he's running against Emanuel because he won't speak out against the war and the Congressman is acting like a Republican.
A statement from Emanuel says he admires the group's commitment and shares their unhappiness with how the Bush Administration is handling the war.
...to come watch a homeless guy pee on an electric fence.
Tell me where and when and I'm there !!!
I've spoken to bigger groups than that!
5° Fahrenheit (roughly) that morning. Excellent.
And Mr. Hap can count on ... oh, lets see ... about 100 votes.
"They even used the word "crowd". I bet they inflated the numbers far above the actual as they usually do."
How right you are!
If the media says there where 100 people there, the real number was probably more like 35 (or less if you don't count the media drones).
It's a gaggle of idiots huddled together for warmth.
I'm confused - I thought the loony libs were going to lend their support to anyone who vowed immediate articles of Impeachment for GWB, Cheney, Rummy, and Rice - not just because they opposed the WOT??? Impeach Bush and Cheney and Impeach
He doesn't care - he's worth billions. This attention got us all to sit down and pound our keyboards, cameramen showed up I am sure, and talk show hosts from both right and left will throw their spin into the ether tomorrow and all next week. So I am sure Soros is satisfied that this many people are spending their time to cause a commotion for Cindy!! It helps the Libs remember when they go out to vote for Impeachment next Nov 06 and that is what Soros wants more than anything. Then, he hopes, he gets his liberal Dim pawns into power and he can begin to work in earnest on his plan of total disarmament and legalization of hard drugs in his beloved Amerika. Sick, sick. sick, what can happen to this great country if this man gets his wish.
Honest.
Really.
Thank you for the kennedy picture. I couldn't find the photo shop file I used to produce the picture of cindy, al, and tom sitting in gloom; but I did use your picture in another rendition, shown below-
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